Ruby Rock-It: Daddy-Daughter Layout

Hi everyone, I'm up on the Ruby Rock-It blog with a layout today. I combined bits and pieces of the fun Carnival King collection with the pretty Cook collection for this.

My daughter was so excited to visit the m&m factory here in Las Vegas. She was in awe (as were the rest of us) about the huge assortment of candy in every imaginable color.

I tucked bits and pieces under and on top of the photo using foam squares here and there for dimension.

Tip: When adhering your photos, apply the adhesive only in the center, leaving the outer edges of the photos' backsides adhesive-free. This allows room for tucking in your bits and pieces.

I used Clearsnap's Smooch Glitz to add sparkle to the diecut flower and the "candy" ticket for some lovely sparkle and interest.

Supplies:

Alphabet - Kraft

Alphabet Sticker - Red Flocked

Carnival King Cardstock - Framed

Carnival King Cardstock - Fun Fair

Carnival King Cardstock - Grand

Carnival King Die Cuts

Carnival King Pockets

Carnival King Sticker Pack

Cook Cardstock - Floral

Cook Florals

Cook Recipe Book

Pockets - Birthday

Sugar Candy Glitter Cardstock - Lemon Drop

Clearsnap Smooch Glitz

...As I wrap up this post, my position as a design team member for Ruby Rock-It comes to an end. I would like to express my most sincere appreciation to Ruby Rock-It, to my teammates, and especially to design team coordinator Erin Yamabe. This has been such a positive, friendly, and supportive team to participate on, all due to the outstanding example that Erin leads. Thank you for having faith in me and for this wonderful experience!

All the very best always, Kris

Daddy-Daughter Layout: Ruby Rock-It

One of the themes at Ruby Rock-It this month is Father's Day, so I was inspired to created this layout of my daughter in a sweet moment with her daddy. The design team is participating in a fun product swap with Clearsnap- I had some fun glittery products to add to my layout!

I layered several papers here from multiple collections: Cook, Mother Nature, and three of the Mini Themes, and even used some of the Cook collection recipe book dividers to cut flowers from. LOVE how easy the products are to mix and match!

My daughter has always very much loved being read to. She will happily listen to several stories every night. I loved being able to capture this moment of her daddy reading to her (and to several of her stuffed toys).

I used my electronic cutting machine to cut the 3 bottom layers of this flower. I layered them in a staggered fashion and added a punched scalloped circle topped with one of the beautiful organza flower brads.

I touched the flower's edges with distress ink and then detailed the petals with some pretty pink Smooch Glitz.

The butterflies and hearts were fussy-cut and inked before receiving some detailing with beautiful fairy dust glitter (butterflies) or touches of the Smooch Glitz (hearts). I know it's not easy to see in the photos, but in person it sure looks pretty.

I thought the above "chitter chatter" cut-out and the sticker were perfect sentiments for this layout. I adhered them with foam squares for added dimension.

The fairy dust glitter and Smooch Glitz were so fun to use to add pretty, sparkly detail to my layout. A little bit goes a long way, so these products are going to last quite a long time!

You can find my supply list with links over on the Ruby Rock-It blog. Thanks for stopping by today!

Thank You Cards: Ruby Rock-It & Fiskars

Hey all, I just wanted to share a pair of cards that I have up on the Ruby Rock-It blog today.

We're featuring the Arcadia, Reminisce, and Mother Nature collections this month, so I have used products from those lines to create these cards.

Aren't the trims beautiful? I've added a pink butterfly chipboard accent and a trio of sweet off-white heart stickers.

The second card follows the same design as the first but moves from serene blues to pretty peaches and pinks. I loved the trim so much that I doubled up on it this time!

The flower focal point was made using dies from my stash and centered with a pearl-adorned floral chipboard piece. I added additional pearls along the bottom of the card to further dress it up.

I've been enjoying our collaboration with Fiskars this month and love the pretty detailing that the hearts border punch added to my cards.

If you stop by the Ruby Rock-It blog, you'll find my supply list as well as a beautiful canvas created by my teammate, Pattie Beltran.

Thanks for stopping by!

Quick Clean & Simple Cards from Scraps: Ruby Rock-It

Hey there, today I would like to share some quick tips for creating sweet handmade cards when time is of the essence.

While many of us love to add layer after layer of paper and embellishments to our projects, sometimes life just doesn't slow down enough to be able to devote a lot of time to crafting. Still, giving a handmade card over a store bought one is almost always preferred.

Ruby Rock-It understands how quickly life can move and offers a whole line of pre-cut, scored, embossed card bases with envelopes, called Imprints. Awesome, right? Such time-savers they are.

Here are the Imprints that I chose for today's cards:

If you're like me, you couldn't imagine tossing your scraps, and you've got quite an assortment of them in your stash just begging to be used on a project.

I pulled some scraps that I had saved after my last Kinda Krafty project and laid them out on my table.

I grabbed a couple of my favorite punches and punched out a handful of shapes from the scraps.

For my first card, I glued 7 of the punched butterflies directly onto the Imprints card base. I adhered the "Good Job" sentiment, which was cut from the Kinda Crafty Chatterbox cardstock, using a foam square for dimension. Then I pulled some pearls from a Bella! Bling Borderlines pack and glued one to each butterfly.

For my second card (hey! challenge yourself to make your cards in pairs or sets- you'll be glad to have the extra cards in your stash), I glued the larger butterfly directly to the Imprints card base, added a little pearl, and then used foam squares to adhere the smaller butterflies in a whimsical fashion. I added a sentiment again cut from the Chatterbox cardstock sheet and called it complete.

So quick and easy but still handmade!

Thank You Card: Ruby Rock-It & Fiskars

Here's a card that I created for the Ruby Rock-It blog this week featuring the lovely Arcadia range.

I layered an Arcadia tag and bling as well as butterflies and the oval sentiment base from one of the decoupage sets onto three of the Arcadia papers. I added the bright white punched butterfly to bring out the white in the patterned paper and in the card base. The sentiment is a stamp from my stash.

Ruby Rock-It and Fiskars are cross-promoting this month. Here's the Fiskars Sea Pearls 3-in-1 Corner Punch that I used to add some detailed corners to one of the paper layers:

 Thanks for stopping by today!

Ruby Rock-It May Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans! Welcome to our May blog hop! We are featuring 3 ranges that reach our softer side...Arcadia, Mother Nature, and Reminisce. These are all so delicate and dainty on their own, and blend just beautifully together!

Come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog [including ours] to be entered to win an awesome Ruby Rock-it prize pack!

Here's the order in case you get lost along the way...Remember to start at the Ruby Rock-it blog!

RRBF Blog

Kris Berc <----- That's Me!

Carrie Walz

Beckie Dreyer

Erin Yamabe

Pattie Beltran

Lisa Webb

Becky Olsen

June Goh

Liana Suwandi

Lisa Novogrodski

RRBF Blog

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG!

RUBY ROCK-IT RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN OUR AWESOME PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY TUESDAY, MAY 7TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ON WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH!

For my project today I started with one of the awesome bright white Vintage Embossed Cards and embellished it with some beautiful goodies from the Reminisce line.

I just love these soft, gorgeous colors together and against the crisp, bright white embossed card. I used several foam squares behind the stickers and diecuts to build some nice dimension, and I made sure to thread the chipboard buttons, finishing one of them off with a double bow.

A little bit of detailing with distress ink, glitter glue, and a pearl pen goes a long way for adding interest. 

Ruby Rock-It and Fiskars are cross-promoting this month, so I've used the Fiskars "Hearts" border punch on a strip of the patterned paper to add a delicate layer behind the tag diecuts. Thank you, Fiskars!

Supplies:

Embossed Cards & Envelopes - Vintage
Reminisce Cardstock - Drawing Room
Reminisce Cardstock Stickers
Reminisce Chipboard Buttons
Reminisce Diecut Pack
Fiskars Hearts Border Punch

Below is the gorgeous prize package that Ruby Rock-It will be giving away on their blog to a lucky blog hopper. That's a LOT of yummy product! Good luck!

 Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Now please hop over to Carrie Walz to see what she has created to inspire you with!

Thank You Cards: Ruby Rock-It & Fiskars

Hello, I'm up on the Ruby Rock-It blog today with a pair of cards.  These feature some fun Fiskars punches that I received as part of this month's cross promotion.

The Ruby Rock-It products that I used for this card include some of the beautiful J'adore patterned cardstock from the Bella! Wedding range, a flower created from the Reminisce Quilling kit, embossed layered flowers punched from a sheet of Fundamentals plain vellum, Bella! rhinestones, and an organza brad.

I used Fiskars' Hearts Border punch with some white cardstock to create a decorative-edged anchor for the stamped sentiment.

The Fiskars Sea Pearls 3-in-1 Corner Punch added lovely rounded corners to the card front.

My second card front was made with a scrap of Bella! Wedding J'adore patterned cardstock along with some solid cardstock for contrast.

The sweet little pinwheel was made with the Fiskars Jenni Bowlin Pinwheel Squeeze Punch. The pretty little pearl in the center of it is from a package of Bella! Bling Borderlines.

I will have more Ruby Rock-It + Fiskars projects to share throughout the month!

Pennant Edged Flower Tutorial: Ruby Rock-It

Hi everyone, I have a simple flower tutorial to share with you today using Ruby Rock-It goodies.

The flower that we're making is a beautiful focal point on a card, but it would also be a lovely embellishment on a scrapbook page or other project.

Cut 40 pieces of 1 inch by 1/4-inch Cherry Rock Sugar Candy Glitter cardstock. These will be the flower "petals".

Punch one 1-inch circle and one 2-inch circle from a scrap piece of cardstock.

Adhere the 1-inch circle to the center of the 2-inch circle.

Cut a notch into one end of all 40 petals.

Apply adhesive around the outside portion of the 2-inch circle. Liquid adhesive is preferred as it allows a bit of time to position the petals before it completely dries.

Using the edge of the 1-inch circle as a guide, adhere 25 petals to the circle in a slightly overlapping fashion to form the first layer.

Form the second layer by adhering the remaining 15 petals onto the first layer. Be sure to overlap the petals slightly so that the white cardstock circles beneath them do not show through.

Punch a 1-inch scalloped circle from the Cherry Rock Sugar Candy Glitter cardstock.

Adhere scalloped circle to center of flower.

Punch a starburst shape from white cardstock.

Layer white starburst onto flower center.

Adhere a white w/ gold rim Wedding pearl onto flower center.

(Substitute a flat embellishment for the pearl to keep the card "mail friendly".)

 

Trace or freehand draw two leaves- I traced around a catseye inkpad!

Cut out the leaves and adhere to the back of flower, slightly overlapping one another.

The flower is ready!

Cut out the "Thinking of You" sentiment from the Kinda Krafty Chatterbox cardstock to use as the card front sentiment.

Adhere the flower and sentiment to the card front using foam squares for dimension. Now send the card off to a loved one!

For links to the Ruby Rock-It products that I used, please visit the Ruby Rock-It blog, here.